Identification Of Resilience And Burnout Status Among Nurses Working In The Filed Of Oncology (#1110)

University of Gazi, Health Research and Application Center, Gazi Hospital , Ankara, Turkey

Background: Burnout syndrome is a physiologically,
emotionally, and intellectually felt status as a result of the incapacity to cope with the stress experienced. Resilience
is a personal characteristic that decreases the negative effects of stress and
supports compatibility

Aim: This study was conducted with the aim of
identifying the resilience and burnout status of nurses working in the field of
oncology

Methods:Thisdescriptive
study was conducted among 140 nurses working actively in the Inpatient and
Outpatient Clinics of Hematology and Oncology. University Ethics Board approval
was obtained. The data were collected using a questionnaire form, Resilience
Scale for Adults, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The
questionnaire and scale forms
were completed by the researchers in approximately 25 minutes. Percentage rates, mean values, Kruskal-Wallis
Test and Mann-Whitney U-Test were used to evaluate the obtained data. The correlation
analysis was performed to identify the correlations between the two sub-dimensions
of the scales

Results:Mean emotional exhaustion score of the nurses was interpreted to be in
the intermediate range (25.31±7.02) and mean depersonalization score (9.20±3.4)
and mean personal accomplishment scores (16.58±5.97) were interpreted to be in
the low ranges. Average scores of sub-dimensions of resilience score such as
structural style, perception of future, family cohesion, perception of self, social competence, and social resources
were (15.72±3.15) (intermediate), (16.23±5.64) (high), (23.56±4.53)
(intermediate), (25.19±7.6) (high), (23.11±4.59) (intermediate), and
(30.41±4.07) (high), respectively. There
were significant negative correlations between perception of the future and
personal accomplishment and emotional exhaustion, between structural style and
depersonalization and personal accomplishment, and between social resources and
depersonalization sub dimensions (p<0.01).

Conclusions:In this study, nurses working in the field of
oncology were identified to experience emotional exhaustion and to have low personal success. Strategies to develop the
individual and organizational talents of nurses to cope with those problems
should be developed.